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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I WAS attacked on a train last Friday by a commuter who failed to obtain a seat from me. My assailant pushed me to the ground and pummelled me repeatedly.
When I reported the matter at the control booth in the Bugis station, I was advised to seek treatment and lodge a police report.
But I did not file a police report after I was told by the officer at the Bedok North station that a report would not help catch my assailant as the police and the train officials could not identify him. This advice was given despite the fact that I had told the woman police officer that I could identify the man easily and that there were many witnesses to the attack.
The police officer's reply was that the above was of no help as his actual identity was still unknown.
The officer added that I should have used the emergency button to stop the train to allow the train staff to detain the assailant.
I find the explanation I was given puzzling. It is absurd that the authorities are unable to investigate an assault in public on a train, and offer little but sympathy over the incident, even if the injuries I suffered were not severe.
Poh Yi Hao
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<!-- headline one : start --><TR>No point reporting attack on train, victim told
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I WAS attacked on a train last Friday by a commuter who failed to obtain a seat from me. My assailant pushed me to the ground and pummelled me repeatedly.
When I reported the matter at the control booth in the Bugis station, I was advised to seek treatment and lodge a police report.
But I did not file a police report after I was told by the officer at the Bedok North station that a report would not help catch my assailant as the police and the train officials could not identify him. This advice was given despite the fact that I had told the woman police officer that I could identify the man easily and that there were many witnesses to the attack.
The police officer's reply was that the above was of no help as his actual identity was still unknown.
The officer added that I should have used the emergency button to stop the train to allow the train staff to detain the assailant.
I find the explanation I was given puzzling. It is absurd that the authorities are unable to investigate an assault in public on a train, and offer little but sympathy over the incident, even if the injuries I suffered were not severe.
Poh Yi Hao